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CHARTER 

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RULES AND REGULATIONS 

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INSTITUTED AT PORTLAND, 
9th Day of Jyar, A.-. M.\ 5617— 14th Day of May, A. D. 185 



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CHARTER. 



AD ITXIYERSI TEBRARCM ORBIS SUMMIT ARCHITECTI GLORIAM. 
DEUS MEUMQCE JUS. 

From the Grand Orient of the Supreme Council of the Most Puissant 

Sovereign Grand Inspectors-General of the Thirty-third and 

last Degree of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite of Free 

Masonry for the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of 

the United States of America, under the 

C.'. C.\ of the Zenith, near the B.\ B.\, 

which answers to 42° 21' 22" 

N. L., 50° 59' 18" E. L., 

Meridian of 

Washington. 

To all Most Puissant Sovereign Grand Inspectors- General. of the Thirty- 
third and last Degree, and to all Illustrious and Most Valiant Sublime- 
Princes of the Royal Secret, Kaigh's of K-H, Illustrious Princes and 
Knights, Grand-Elect, Perfect and Sublime Free Masons of all Degrees, 
Ancient and Modem, of Free Masonry, over the surface of the two 
Hemispheres, t) whom these presents may come. 



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HEALTH, STABILITY, POWER. 

»NOW YE, That we, the undersigned, M.\ P.-. Sovereign 

> Grand Inspectors-General for the Northern jurisdiction 

* of the United States of America, lawfully and constitu- 

J$ft tionally established at our Grand East, in the City of 

r Boston and State of Massachusetts, duly assembled and 

congregated in Supreme Council of the Thirty-third Degree of 

the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, this ninth day of the Hebrew 



4 CHARTER. 

month called Jyar, v.\ m.\ 5617, which corresponds to the fourteenth 
day of May, a. d. 1857, of the Christian Era, having witnessed the 
fervor, zeal ami constancy of our Sublime Brothers, Robert P. Dunlap, 
Abner 13 Thompson, William P. Preble, Jr., Alonzo Andrews, Reuel 
W. Lawson, James M. Kelley, Albert H. Kelsey ; each of them 
Grand-Elect, Perfect and Sublime Masons of the Fourteenth Degree, 
and knowing them to have been lawfully obligated, and reposing 
confidence in their Masonic knowledge, prudence and fidelity, do by 
these presents, constitute and establish them, with their future legal 
associates and successors, into a regular Grand Lodge of Perfection, 
under the title of Sates (hand Lodge of Perfection ; hereby giving 
and grunting unto them full power and authority to convene as such 
Grand Lodge within the City of Portland, in the State of Maine, to 
elect and install their officers, to work in the several degrees of Secret 
Master, Perfect Master, Intimate Secretary, Provost and Judge, 
Intendant of the Building, Master-Elect of Nine, Master-Elect of 
Fifteen, Illustrious Sublime Knight Elected, Grand Master Architect, 
Knight of the Ninth Arch, and Grand-Elect Perfect and Sublime 
M;i son of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, and confer the same 
upon such brothers as are lawfully and constitutionally qualified to 
receive them. And the said Sublime Brothers shall administer for 
us and in our names, to each brother admitted to any of the Degrees 
conferred therein, an obligation of fealty and allegiance to our 
Supreme Council aforesaid, and submission to its Decrees. 

And the aforesaid Grand Lodge of Perfection shall each year, at 
our Annual Convocation, return to us a true list of all its officers and 
members, specifying the name, place of nativity, age, residence, 
profession, religion and highest degree received, with the date of 
reception of each newly admitted Brother, and transmit to us the 
Eees for Registry, Reception and Annual Dues, required by our 
Decrees. In default thereof, this charter may be suspended by the 
M.\ P.-. Sow. Grand Commander, or revoked by our Supreme 
Council. And we do hereby require the said constituted Brethren 
to keep a regular record of their proceedings and work for our 
inspection. And we do hereby declare the Precedence of said Grand 
Lodge to commence from the ninth day of the Hebrew month called 



CHARTER. 5 

Jyar, a.\ m.\ 5617, answering to the fourteenth day of May, a. d. 
1857, hereby ratifying and confirming all constitutional acts heretofore 
done by said Brethren. 

IX TESTIMONY WHEREOF, We, Sovereign Grand Inspect- 
ors-General and Active Members of the Suj>reme Council of the 
Thirty-third degree above named, sitting in the said city of Boston, 
and duly established in said Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, the 
fifth day of August, a. d. 1813, do hereby grant unto the above 
named Brethren this Special Warrant, and do now subscribe our 
names, and cause to be affixed the Great Seal of our Council, in 
the Chamber of Council, this second day of the Hebrew month, 
called Sivan, a.-. m.\ 5626, corresponding to the sixteenth day of 
May, in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and sixty-six. 

K. H. VAN RENSSELAER, 33*, 
J/.-. P.-. Sov.\ Gr.'. Commander. 

JOSIAH H. DRUA1MOND, 33°, A. B. THOMPSON, 33*. 

P.; Sov.\ Lieut.-. Gr.\ Commander. 111.-. Gr.-. Treats.'. Gen.-. H.\ E.-- 

H. A. JOHNSON, 33*, -- DAVID 13. TRACY, 33°, 

III.-. Gr.-. Minister of State. s 111.-. Gr.-. Master of Ceremonies. 

BENJAMIN DEAN, 33*, £ HEMAN ELY, 33*, 

III.-. Gr.-. Capt.'. of the Guard. L. III.-. Grand Marshal. 

CHARLES W. MOORE, 33°, WM. P. PREBLE, 33*, 

111.-. Gr.-. Standard Bearer. III.-. Deputy for State of Maine. 

NATHANIEL B. SHURTLEFF, 33°, 
III.-. Gr.-. Sec.-. Gen.-. H.-. E.\ 



EXTRACTS FROM THE CONSTITUTION 



E X T R A C T S 

From the Constitution and Standing Resolutions 
of the Supreme Council of the Ancient Accepted 
Scottish Rite fop. the Northern Masonic Jurisdic- 
tion of the United States of America. 



Right of I Isitation. 

Art. 18. The Sov.\ Grand Inspectors-General 
83°, active members of the Supreme Council, shall 
have the right and power to visit all the bodies of 
the Rite under this jurisdiction; inspect their work; 
correct irregularities ; and do such other constitutional 
acts as they may deem for the interest of the Rite. 
For all such acts and doings they shall he amenable 
to the Supreme Council. 

Mates for Conferring Degrees. 
ART. 22. The minimum rate for conferring the 
degrees of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, by 
all bodies under this jurisdiction, shall he as follows, 
viz : 

In a Consistory, ..... $25.00 
In a Chapter of Rose Croix, . . . 15.00 
In a Council of Princes of Jerusalem, . 10.00 
In a Lodge of Perfection, . . . 15.00 



OF THE SUPREME COUNCIL. 7 

Dues to Supreme Council. 

Art. 23. The various bodies of the Ancient 
Accepted Scottish Rite, subordinate to the Supreme 
Couxcil, shall pay into its treasury for every initiate 
the following fees : 

From a Lodge of Perfection, . . $3. 00 

" Council of Princes of Jerusalem. 3.00 

A Chapter of Rose Croix, . 2.00 

Consistory, . . . . 5.00 

And all subordinate bodies holding dispensations 
or warrants, shall pay the sum of five dollars in 
addition to the fees constitutionally required, annually 
to the Supreme Council, which sum shall accompany 
their returns. 

Increase of Fees. 

Art. 24. No Consistory, Chapter of Rose Croix, 
Council of Princes of Jerusalem, or Lodge of Perfec- 
tion shall confer any of the degrees for any less sums 
than those hereinbefore provided ; but may increase 
the amount at their pleasure. 

Charge for Diplomas. 

Art. 25. The charge for Letters-Patent and>of 
Credence of the thirty-second degree shall be ($4) 
four dollars on paper and (%o) five dollars on parch- 
ment. 



8 EXTRACTS FROM THE CONSTITUTION 

Power* of Deputies of the Supreme Council. 

Art. 26. The Supreme Council shall appoint, at 
each triennial session for the election of officers, from 
its active members a Deputy of the Supreme Council 
for each State and Territory within its jurisdiction, 
who shall represent the Supreme Council in such 
district and perform the duties, supervision and in- 
spection assigned to them by the Supreme Council 
or by the Sovereign Grand Commander. 

1. To exercise the departmental powers in their 
respective jurisdictions. 

2. To have the power of inspecting all works of 
the Kite. 

3. ( )f seeing to the execution of the general laws 
of the Rite, and the particular Regulations of the 
Supreme Council. 

4. To transmit and present directly to the Su- 
preme Council in their own names, the petitions for 
dispensations, charters and letters-patent preferred to 
them by consistories, chapters, councils, lodges or indi- 
viduals under their jurisdiction, having first obtained 
the recommendation of the Council of Deliberation, 
when such recommendation is required. 

3. They shall collect all dues from the various 
bodies of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite estab- 
lished in their respective jurisdictions, and pay the 
same into the treasury of the Supreme Council, on 



OF THE SUPREME COUNCIL. 9 

or before the first clay of August of each year. If a 
vacancy occurs in the office of Deputy of the Council, 
the Soy.-. Giv. Commander shall fill the vacancy until 
the meeting of the Supreme Council. 

Dissolution of Bodies. 

Art. 28. If any Lodge of Perfection, Council of 
Princes of Jerusalem, Chapter of Rose Croix, or 
Consistory of Sub.'. P.*. R.\ Secret, under this juris- 
diction, he temporarily interdicted or dissolved, the 
officers thereof shall deposit their dispensation or 
charter, manuscripts, statutes, rules and regulations, 
and all papers, moneys and properties appertaining 
to the body, with the Deputy of the district, or 
with this Supreme Council, that the same may be 
deposited in its archives for safe keeping. 

Bisrdpline. 

Art. 29. All members of the Ancient Accepted 
Scottish Rite up to and including S.\ P.-. of R.\ S.\ 
32°, shall be amenable to the several bodies to which 
they belong ; but any body of this Rite may try and 
sentence a member for Masonic offences. 

Such sentence shall not carry with it airy effect in 
the bodies higher in grade than that in which he was 
tried, unless the cause be first re-examined in such 
upper body and re-affirmed. 

A member tried and sentenced in a high body, the 
judgment shall be binding in the bodies lower in grade. 



10 EXTRACTS FROM THE CONSTITUTION 

Any member disciplined may appeal to the Supreme 
Council within six months, where the sentence may 
be revised; until such final action, the member shall 
not be relieved of the disability in the bodies in which 
his sentence has been confirmed. 

When charges may be made against an unaffiliated 
brother, if the Deputy of the Jurisdiction in which 
lie resides find probable cause, lie shall direct trial 
before a convenient body of the highest grade to 
which such brother belongs. 

Register of Initiation. 

ART. 30. The Secretaries of the several bodies 
under this Jurisdiction shall keep a correct register 
of all initiations, specifying the time of admission, 
the age of candidate, place of birth, residence, occu- 
pation, and date of his Oath of Fealty, copies of 
which shall annually be sent to the Deputy of the 
district, with the returns, together with a report of 
all deaths and removals for the year past. 

Returns. 

Art. 81. All returns shall be made up to the first 
day of July annually ; and be transmitted immediately 
thereafter to the Deputy of the district with the 
dues ; who shall transmit such returns and dues to 
the Giv. Sec*. Gen.-, on or before the first day of 
August thereafter. 



OF THE SUPREME COUNCIL. 11 

All subordinate bodies, failing to make returns and 
pay dues for two consecutive years, without reasons 
satisfactory to the Supreme Council, shall forfeit their 
warrants, and it is hereby made the duty of the Grand 
Secretary General to report such delinquents, and, 
in the event of a failure to make reasonable excuse, 
the Deputy of the State wherein any such delinquent 
is located shall demand its warrants, and such proper- 
ties as the Supreme Council may be entitled to. 

The Secretaries of each body shall immediately 
after each election of officers, transmit a certificate 
thereof to the Deputy of the district. 

Rituals. 

Art. 32. All Rituals of the Ancient and Accepted 
Scottish Rite from the first to the thirty-second 
degree, both inclusive, used in this Jurisdiction, shall 
emanate from this Supreme Council. 

Sovereign Grand Inspectors- General. 

Art. 33. 1. A Sovereign Grand Inspector- 
General of the 33d and last degree may exercise 
the right of entering and being covered in all bodies 
opened in any of the degrees of the Ancient Accepted 
Scottish Rite, and of speaking without rising from 
his seat, and also of addressing the Chair without 
first asking permission. 

2. When a Sovereign Grand Inspector-General is 



12 EXTRACTS FROM THE CONSTITUTION 

announced at the door of any Body, in any of the 
degrees of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, he 
shall be received under the Arch of Steel, with the 
high honors of his grade, and conducted to the East. 
The presiding officer of the body, if not an Inspector- 
General, and of equal rank, shall resign his station to 
the visiting Inspector, with whom it shall be optional 
to accept it or not. 

3. A Sovereign Grand Inspector-General upon 
visiting any of the bodies of the Ancient Accepted 
Scottish Kite, as such, shall wear the insignia of his 
high grade, and, it* not presiding in the East, shall 
he seated on the right hand of the presiding officer. 

4. A Sovereign Grand Inspector-General may enter 
and retire from any of the bodies of the Ancient 
Accepted Scottish Rite at pleasure. He shall be 
exempt from answering any questions, or observing 
any rules in the opening and closing of the bodies he 
may visit, as such. 

District Meetings. 

Art. 34. Each Deputy of the Supkeme Council 
at such time as he shall appoint, to be at least three 
months before the annual meetings of said Council, 
shall notify the three first officers of the Consistories 
and the Chapters of Rose Croix; the first four officers 
of the Councils of Princes of Jerusalem and the 
Lodges of Perfection ; the Past Commanders-in-Chief 



OF THE SUPREME COUNCIL. 18 

of Consistories ; and those who have received the 33d 
degree, residing in his district, as a Council of De- 
liberation of the district ; over which Council of 
Deliberation he shall preside as its Commander-in- 
Chief. 

He may appoint a Grand Prior, a Grand Treasurer, 
a Grand Secretary, a Grand Master of Ceremonies, 
and a Grand Sentinel; and may cause to be chosen 
by the Council other officers to assist in its labors, 
who shall hold office during his pleasure and be 
members of the Council, and whose rank and titles 
shall be : 

1. The 111.-. First Lieutenant-Commander. 

2. The 111.-. Second Lieutenant-Commander. 

3. The 111.-. Minister of State and Grand Orator. 

4. The 111.-. Grand Prior. 

5. The 111.-. Grand Chancellor.- 

6. The 111.-. Grand Treasurer. 

7. The 111.-. Grand Secretary. 

8. The 111.-. Grand Engineer and Architect. 

9. The 111.-. Grand Hospitaler. 

10. The 111.-. Grand Master of Ceremonies. 

11. The 111.-. Grand Standard Bearer. 

12. The 111.-. Grand Captain of the Guard. 

13. The 111.-. Grand Sentinel. 

Matters relating especially to Lodges or Councils, 
or Chapters or Consistories, shall be considered 



14 EXTRACTS FROM THE CONSTITUTION 

respectively by those only who have been advanced 
to the said respective grades. 

The Deputy shall cause records of such Councils 
of Deliberation to be kept and preserved, and shall 
transmit them to his successor, or to the M.\ P.*. 
Sow. Gr.\ Com.-, if required. They shall also cause 
some portion of the work to be exemplified at the 
annual meetings of their Councils of Deliberation. 

Art. 35. The Council of Deliberation shall have 
legislative and judicial power under the supervision 
and control of the Deputy, over all matters arising 
within or particularly concerning brethren or bodies 
within the district ; and no warrant shall be granted for 
any Lodge, Council, Chapter or Consistory, without 
the recommendation of such Council of Deliberation. 

It shall have power to tax the bodies within the 
district for the necessary and legitimate expense of 
holding such Council of Deliberation, but not to 
include expenses of, or compensation to, any officer 
or member of the Council, for attendance thereupon ; 
and it may fix the minimum rate for conferring 
degrees within the district told, not less than the 
amount prescribed in the Constitution. Its action 
and recommendation shall be transmitted by the 
Deputy to the M.\ P.*. Sov.\ Gr.\ Com.-, who shall 
lay the same before the Supreme Council at the 
next annual meeting of the Sup.*. Council, for its 



OF THE SUPREME COUNCIL. 15 

final action of approbation or disapprobation, except 
in the granting of warrants, which shall not be done 
without the recommmendation of the Council of 
Deliberation, except by unanimous vote of the Su- 
preme Council. 

The action and recommendations of the Council of 
Deliberation (except for amendments to Constitution), 
shall be in force in each district, till the action of the 
Supreme Council thereon. 

Lodge of Perfection — Petition for. 

Art. 39. A Dispensation may be granted for 
organizing a Lodge of Perfection upon the application 
of ten Grand Elect Perfect and Sublime Masons, 
members of a Regular Lodge of Perfection. The 
first four officers named in the application must have 
attained the degrees of Knight of the East or Sword 
and Prince of Jerusalem, such application being 
approved and endorsed by the Deputy for the State 
or Territory wherein said Lodge of Perfection is to 
be located, and accompanied by the fee prescribed by 
these Constitutions. No Charter shall be granted 
until the Petitioners shall have Avorked under Dis- 
pensation at least six months. 

Officers. 

The officers of a Lodge of Perfection shall be styled 
and take rank as follows : 



16 EXTRACTS FROM THE CONSTITUTION 

1. Thrice Potent Grand Master. 

2. Hiram of Tyre, Deputy Grand Master. 

3. Venerable Senior Grand Warden. 

4. Venerable Junior Grand Warden. 

5. Grand Orator. 

6. Grand Treasurer. 

7. Grand Secretary, Keeper of the S.\ and A.*. 

8. Grand Master of Ceremonies. 

9. Grand Captain of the Guard. 

10. Grand Hospitable Brother. 

11. Grand Tiler. 

Powers to Confer Degrees. 

The degrees conferred in a Lodge of Perfection 
shall not be conferred upon any person unless he is 
an affiliated Master Mason in good standing. 

Lodges of Perfection shall have control over, and 
power to confer, the degrees of Secret Master, Perfect 
.Master, Intimate Secretary, Provost and Judge, In- 
tendant of the Buildings, Elect of Nine, Elect of 
Fifteen, Sublime Knights Elect, Grand Master Archi- 
tect, Knights of the Ninth or Royal Arch, and Grand 
Elect Perfect and Sublime Mason. 

Quorum for Business. 

A Lodge of Perfection may be opened for the 
transaction of business, provided there be present the 
Thrice Potent Grand Master or his Deputy, or either 
of the Wardens, and live members of the same. 



OF THE SUPREME COUNCIL. 17 

Special Meetings. 

The Thrice Potent Grand Master may call special 
meetings at any time, or, in his absence, the Deputy, 
by giving due notice to the members. 

A n nual Celebratio n . 

Lodges of Perfection shall every year celebrate the 
anniversary of the building of the first Temple in the 
month Tishri, and shall also observe the fifth day of 
the month Ab, in memory of its dedication. 

Election of Officers. 

The Thrice Potent Grand Master and other officers 
of a Lodge of Perfection shall be elected annually. 
No one but a Prince of Jerusalem shall be elected to 
preside. The election shall take place on the third 
day of the month Adar, the memorable day of the 
year 2995, and the officers installed as soon thereafter 
as practicable. 

By-Laws, Rules* §-c. 

Art. 40. Councils of Deliberation, Subordinate 
Consistories, Chapters of Rose Croix, Councils of 
Princes of Jerusalem and Lodges of Perfection, may 
form and adopt Rules and Regulations for their gov- 
ernment not inconsistent with the Constitutions, 
Ordinances, Rules, Laws and LTsages of the Order, 



18 EXTRACTS FROM THE CONSTITUTION 

and the Regulations adopted for their government 
by the Supreme Council ; but all such Rules and 
Regulations must be submitted to the Deputy for the 
State, and be approved by him before taking effect, 
and a copy sent to the Grand Keeper of the Archives 
of the Supreme Council to be filed. 

Declaration for Opening and Closing, 

Art. 41. Every Consistory, Chapter of Rose Croix, 
Council of Princes of Jerusalem and Lodge of Per- 
fection under this jurisdiction, shall open and close 
its works according to the following formula : To 
the glory of the Grand Architect of the Universe, 
in the name and under the auspices of the Supreme 
Council of Sov.\ Gr.\ Inspectors-General of the 
32d and last degree, for the Northern Masonic Juris- 
diction, United States of America, and by virtue of 
the authority on me conferred, I declare the works 
of (here mention the name of the body) opened or 
closed (as the case may be). 

Information ax t<> Applicants. 

Art. 42. No member of any Consistory, Chapter 
of Rose Croix, Council of Princes of Jerusalem or 
Lodge of Perfection, shall give information to any 
person, not a member of such, concerning applications 
for degrees,or communicate the postponement of the 
question or rejection of the applicant. 



OF THE SUPREME COUNCIL. 19 

Candidates. 

Art. 43. Every candidate for degrees in any of 
the bodies under the jurisdiction of the Supreme 
Council shall be proposed and elected at the stated 
meetings of such bodies, except in case of emergency, 
when a dispensation may be granted by the M.\ P.*. 
Grand Commander or Deputy having jurisdiction 
over the district. 

And whenever application shall be made for the 
degrees to any Lodge, Council, Chapter or Consis- 
tory, other than the one nearest the place of residence 
of the applicant, no action shall be taken thereon 
until the body of the same grade nearest his place 
of residence shall have been notified, and a sufficient 
time elapsed for a reply to be received as to his 
character and the circumstances of the case ; but 
this shall not apply as between the cities of New 
York and Brooklyn, or in any city in which there 
is more than one body of the same grade. 

All limitations in the number of active members 
in subordinate bodies are hereby abolished, whether 
the same are in the Constitution and By-Laws of 
such bodies or not. Every candidate who hereafter 
receives the highest degree conferred by any subor- 
dinate body, becomes thereby a member of such body, 
and his name shall be inscribed by the Secretary upon 
the roll of members. „ 



20 SUPREME COUNCIL. 

STANDING RESOLUTIONS, &o. 

.Resolved, That when, by reason of physical may- 
hem, a mason is unable to give the signs and manuals 
of the degrees of the Rite for which he is proposed, 
he is "Physically Ineligible/ ' (Adopted I June , 1869.) 

Resolved, That the price of Diplomas for members 
of Chapters of Rose Croix, Councils of Princes of 
Jerusalem, and Lodges of Perfection be, and is 
hereby fixed at one dollar each. (Adopted June, 

1870.) 

Resolved, That a single ballot shall be had for all 
the degrees in each separate body ; but a ballot may 
be had for each degree if demanded, which demand 
may be made in open meeting by any member, or 
privately through the presiding officer of the body ; 
and in case of objection upon such demand made, the 
candidate shall not apply for advancement within 
one month thereafter, and then such application shall 
lie over till the next stated meeting. And the same 
rule shall apply to the case of a candidate to whom 
objection has been made after a favorable ballot, and 
before receiving any degree. (Adopted June, 1870.) 



RULES AND REGULATIONS. 



Article 1. In addition to the meetings prescribed 
in the Constitution of the Supreme Council, the Lodge 
shall meet on the First Friday of each month. But 
any of the monthly meetings ma}' be omitted, by a 
vote of the Lodge at a previous monthly meeting. 

Art. '1. The officers shall perform the duties 
devolving upon them by the Constitution and Ritual, 
and such other duties as the Lodge shall from time to 
time direct. 

Art. 3. For non-payment of dues, or neglect of 
any of the duties imposed by the Constitution, Ritual 
or By-Laws, any member of this Lodge, after due 
notice, may be deprived of membership. 

Art. 4. Any member may, by vote of the Lodge at 
the annual meeting, be elected an honorary member ; 
and he shall thereby be relieved from the payment of 
dues, and the obligation to serve on committees, or as 
an officer without his consent, but shall lose none of 



22 RULES AND REGULATIONS OF 

the rights enjoyed by him as a member before such 
election. Other G.\ E.\ P.*. and S.\ Masons may 
l>e eleeted honorary members of this Lodge at any 
stated meeting, and such election shall confer all the 
rights of other members, save those of voting and 
holding office. 

Art. 5. The fees for the degrees in this Lodge 
shall be fifteen dollars. 

Art. 6. Applications for the degrees shall be in 
the form prescribed in the Constitution, recommended 
by two G.\ E.\ P.*. and S.\ Masons, one of whom 
must be a member of this Lodge. All applications 
for the degrees or membership, shall be referred to a 
Committee of Inquiry, whose duty it shall be to 
report at the next monthly meeting. 

Art. 7. Elected candidates, who shall fail to 
attend to receive the degrees, for four monthly 
meetings of which they shall be notified, unless ex- 
cused by the Lodge for satisfactory reasons, shall 
forfeit their election and be returned as rejected. 

Art. 8. At each annual meeting a Committee of 
Finance shall be elected, who shall audit the accounts 
of the Treasurer and Secretary and report thereon 
before the election of those officers. 

Art. 9. The Lodge may lay assessments to defray 
its necessary expenses, pay its dues to the Supreme 



YATES GRAND LODGE OF PERFECTION. 23 

Council or for charitable purposes. But no assess- 
ment shall be laid at the same meeting at which it is 
moved. 

Art. 10. These By-Laws may be amended or 
additions may be made thereto by a two-thirds vote 
at any monthly meeting, the proposed amendment or 
addition having been submitted, read and entered of 
record at a previous monthly meeting. 



FORM OF APPLICATION. 

To the officers and members of , 

sitting in the Valley of . The 

undersigned hereof humbly shows that he is desirous 
of being admitted as a member of 
and humbly requests that he may be received among 
yon, and he will ever pray for the prosperity and 
glory of the Order and the welfare of the brethren. 

When born, 

( )('cupation. 

Resides at 

Place of birth. 

Member of (here state what Symbolic Lodge, Lodge 
of Perfection, Council, Chapter or Consistory). 

(Signed) 

Refers to 



HEBREW CALENDAR. 



Ineffable Freemasons have been accustomed to date their acts 
and instruments relating to the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, after 
the manner of the Jews, according to the Hebrew calendar. The 
Judaic year is luni-solar ; being governed in its length as nearly as 
possible by the time occupied by the earth in its revolution around the 
sun, and in its division into lunar months, which accord as well as 
they can Avith the time that the moon requires in passing around the 
earth. A lunation occupies about 29 days, 12 hours, and 44 minutes : 
therefore, as each day, and consequently each month, commences 
and terminates at midnight, some months must have 29 days only, 
and others 31 days. And again : as twelve lunar months do not fill 
the whole time of a solar year by about eleven days, some years 
must have thirteen months. The Jews commenced the year at two 
different periods. The ecclesiastical year began in the month Nisan, 
on or immediately after the new moon, following the vernal equinox, 
and regulated the time of their religious fasts and festivals : the civil 
year began in the month Tishri, as near as possible to the occurrence 
of the new moon after the autumnal equinox, and was used in all 
their civil, legal and historical matters, and is the year used in the 
calendar adopted by ineffable Freemasons. 

The months, with the number of days in each, are, — 

1. Tishri, or Tisri 30 days. 

2. Hesvan, Marchesvan or Bui 29 or 30 " 

3. Kislev, or Chisleu 29 or 30 " 

4. Tebet, or Tebeth 29 " 

y. Shebat, or Sebat 30 " 

6. Adar 29 or 30 " 

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20 HEBREW CALENDAR. 

Vea,dar 29 days. 

7. Nisan, or Abib 30 " 

8. Jyar, Ijar, or Znis 29 "• 

9. Sivan 30 " 

10. Tamooz, or Thammuz 29 " 

11. Ab 29 or 30 " 

12. Elul 29 or 30 " 

The month Veadar (second Adar) occurs only in years having 
thirteen months. Owing to the difference in the length of some of 
the months, a year of twelve months may contain 353, 354 or 355 
days ; and a year of thirteen months, 383, 384 or 385 days. 

To find the Jewish year corresponding with a given year of our 
Lord, add 3760 to the portion of the yea,r preceding the first day of 
the month Tishri, and 3701 to the remainder of the year. 

In a cycle of nineteen years, the 3d, Gth, 8th, 11th, 14th, 17th, and 
19th, have thirteen months and the remaining twelve have twelve 
months each. The year of the cycle is determined by the remainder, 
after dividing the year A.*. M.\ by 19. 



HEBREW CALENDAR. 



For eighteen years from Tishri 1st, a. m. 5631, corresponding to 
September 26, 1870, V.\E.\, to Tishri 1st, a. m. 5649, corresponding 
to September 6, 1888, V.". E.\, indicating the first and last days of 
each Hebrew month, with the corresponding dates of the Vulgar Era. 



A.-. M.\ 5631—355 days. 


A.-. M.-. 5632—383 days. 


1 Tishri, 


26 Sept., 18T0. 


1 Tishri, 


16 Sept., 1871 


30 " 


25 Oct., " 


30 " 


15 Oct., " 


1 Hesvan 


, 26 " 


1 Hesvan. 


16 " 


30 


24 Nov., " 


29 


13 Nov., " 


1 Kislev, 


25 " 


1 Kislev, 


14 " 


30 " 


24 Dec, " 


29 " 


12 Dec, " 


1 Tebet, 


25 » 


1 Tebet, 


13 " 


29 " 


22 Jan., 1871. 


29 " 


10 Jan., 1872 


1 Shebat, 


23 " 


1 Shebat, 


11 " 


30 " 


21 Feb., " 


30 " 


9 Feb., " 


1 Adar, 


22 " 


1 Adar, 


10 " 


29 " 


22 March, " 


30 " 


10 March, " 


1 Nisan, 


23 " " 


lVe-Adar,ll 


30 " 


21 April, " 


29 " 


8 April, " 


1 Jyar, 


22 " " 


1 Nisan, 


9 " 


29 " 


20 May, " 


30 « 


8 May, " 


1 Sivan, 


21 " " 


1 Jyar, 


9 " " 


30 " 


19 June, " 


29 « 


6 June, " 


1 Taniooz 


,20 " 


1 Sivan, 


7 " u 


29 


18 July, « 


30 " 


6 July, " 


1 Ab, 


19 " 


1 Tamooz 


, 7 " 


30 " 


IT Aug., " 


29 


4 Aug., " 


1 EM, 


18 " 


1 Ab, 


5 " " 


29 wt 


15 Sept. " 


30 " 


3 Sept., " 






1 Elul, 


4 44 44 






29 " 


2 Oct., " 



HE HUE W CA LEX/). I E 



A.\ M.\ 5633—354 days. 


A.-. M.\ 5 


634—355 days. 


1 Tishri, 


3 Oct., 1872. 


1 Tishri, 


22 Sept., 1873 


80 " 


1 Nov., » 


30 " 


21 Oct., " 


1 Hesvan 


2 ■" " 


1 Hesvan 


,22 " 


29 


' 30 " 


30 


20 Nov., " 


1 Kislev, 


1 Dec, tk 


1 Kislev, 


21 " " 


30 " 


30 " 


30 " 


20 Dec, " 


1 Tebet, 


31 " 


1 Tebet, 


21 " 


29 " 


28 Jan., 1873. 


29 " 


18 Jan., 1874 


1 Shebat, 


29 " 


1 Shebat, 


19 " 


30 " 


27 Feb., " 


30 


17 Feb., « 


1 Adar, 


28 " 


1 Adar, 


18 " 


29 " 


28 March, » 


29 " 


18 March, " 


1 Nisan. 


29 " 


1 Nisan, 


19 « " 


30 « 


27 April, " 


30 " 


17 April, " 


1 Jyar, 


28 " " 


1 Jyar, 


18 " " 


29 « 


26 May, " 


29 " 


16 May, " 


1 Sivan, 


27 " 


1 Sivan, 


17 " 


30 " 


25 June, " 


30 " 


15 June, " 


1 Tamooz 


, 26 « 


1 Tamooz 


, 16 " 


29 


24 July, " 


29 


14 July, " 


1 Ab, 


25 « u 


1 Ab, 


15 " 


30 " 


23 Au^., « 


29 " 


12 Aus^., ww 


1 Elul, 


24 " 


1 Elul, 


13 " " 


29 " 


21 Sept., " 


30 " 


11 Sept., " 



HEBREW CALENDAR. 



A.-. M.\ 5635—383 days. 


A.-. Mr. ^M—dbd days. 


1 Tishri, 


12 Sept., 1874. 


1 Tishri, 


30 Sept., 1875. 


30 " 


11 Oct., '« 


30 " 


29 Oct., " 


1 Hesvan, 


12 " 


1 Hesvan 


30 " 


29 " 


9 Nov., " 


30 " 


28 Nov., " 


1 Kislev, 


10 " 


1 Kislev, 


29 " 


29 " 


8 Dec, " 


30 " 


28 Dec, " 


1 Tebet, 


9 " 


1 Tebet, 


29 " 


29 " 


6 Jan., 18T5. 


29 " 


26 Jan., 1876. 


1 Shebat, 


7 " 


1 Shebat, 


27 " 


30 " 


5 Feb., " 


30 " 


25 Feb., kt 


1 Adar, 


6 " 


1 Adar, 


26 » 


30 «' 


7 Marcb, " 


29 " 


25 March, " 


1 Ve-Ada 


r, 8 " « 


1 Nisan, 


26 " 


29 " 


5 April, " 


30 " 


24 April, " 


1 Nisan, 


6 " 


1 Jyar, 


25 " 


30 » 


5 May, " 


29 " 


23 May, " 


1 Jyar, 


6 " 


1 Sivan, 


24 " 


29 " 


3 June, " 


30 « 


22 June, " 


1 Sivan, 


4 u 


1 Tamooz 


, 23 " 


30 " 


3 July, " 


29 " 


21 July, " 


1 Tamooz 


4 " 


1 Ab, 


22 " " 


29 « 


1 Aug., " 


30 " 


20 Aug., " 


1 Ab, 


2 " • " 


1 Elul, 


21 « 


30 " 


31 " 


29 «' 


18 Sept., " 


1 Elul, 


1 Sept., " 






29 " 


29 " 







30 



HEBREW CALENDAR. 



A.\ M.\ 5637— 354 days. 



1 Tishri, 


19 Sept., 1876 


30 


18 Oct., " 


1 Hesvan 


11. - " 


29 " 


16 Nov., " 


1 Kislev, 


17 " 


30 


16 Dec, " 


1 Tebet, 


17 " 


2g 


14 Jan., 1877 


1 Shebat, 


15 " 


30 


13 Feb., " 


1 Adar, 


14 " 


29 " 


14 March, " 


1 Nisan, 


15 " " 


30 


13 April, " 


1 Jyar, 


14 " " 


29 « 


12 May, " 


1 Sivan, 


13 " 


30 


11 June, " 


1 Tamooz 


,12 " 


29 


10 July, " 


1 Ab, 


11 " 


30 " 


9 Aug., " 


1 EM, 


10 " " 


29 " 


7 Sept., " 



A.-. M.\ 5638—385 days. 



1 Tishri, 
30 " 

1 Hesvan, 
30 

1 Kislev, 
30 " 

1 Tebet, 
29 

1 Shebat, 
30 " 

1 Adar, 
30 " 

1 Ve-Aclar 
29 

1 Nisan, 
30 " 

1 Jyar, 

29 " 

1 Sivan, 

30 " 

1 Tamooz, 
29 

lAb, 
30 » 

1 Elul, 
29 u 



8 Sept., 1877. 

7 Oct., " 

8 " 

6 Nov., " 

7 " 

6 Dec., " 

7 " 

4 Jan,, 1878. 

5 " tk 

3 Feb., " 

4 " 

5 March, " 
, 6 " 

3 April, " 

4 " 

3 May, - 

4 " 

1 June, " 

2 &« 44 

1 July, « 

2 " " 

30 " 

31 " 

29 Aug., " 

30 " 

27 Sept., " 



HEBREW CALENDAR. 



A.\ M.\ 5(339—355 days. 



1 Tishri, 


28 Sept., 187 


30 " 


27 Oct., " 


1 Hesvan 


, 28 " 


30 


26 Nov., " 


1 Kislev, 


27 " 


30 " 


26 Dec, " 


1 Tebet, 


27 " 


29 "„ 


24 Jan., 187 


1 Shebat, 


25 " 


30 " 


23 Feb.. « 


1 Adar, 


24 " 


29 " 


24 March, " 


1 Nisan, 


25 


30 " 


23 April, " 


1 Jyar, 


24 " 


29 " 


22 May, ^ 


1 Sivan, 


23 " " 


30 " 


21 June. " 


1 Tamooz 


, 22 %w " 


29 


' 20 July, " 


1 Ab, 


21 " 


30 " 


19 Aug. " 


1 Elul, 


20 " 


29 " 


17 Sept., • « 



A.-. M.-. 5640—354 days. 



1 Tishri, 


18 Sept., 1879 


30 " 


17 Oct., " 


1 Hesvan 


,18 "' 


29 


15 Nov., " 


1 Kislev, 


16 » 


30 " 


15 Dec., " 


1 Tebet, 


16 " 


29 " 


13 Jan., 1880 


- 1 Shebat, 


14 " 


30 « 


12 Feb., " 


1 Adar, 


13 « 


29 


12 March, " 


1 Nisan, 


13 " 


30 " 


11 April, " 


1 Jyar, 


12 " 


29 " 


10 May, " 


1 Sivan, 


11 " 


30 " 


9 June, 


1 Tamooz, 10 tw 


29 " 


8 July, " 


1 Ab, 


9 u a 


30 » 


7 Aug., " 


1 Elul, 


8 ^ 


29 " 


5 Sept., " 



82 



HEBREW CALENDAR. 



A.-.M-. 5041 — 383 days. 


A.-. M.\ 5642—355 days. 


1 Tishri, 


6 Sept., 1880. 


1 Tishri, 


24 Sept., 1881 


30 " 


5 Oct., " 


30 " 


23 Oct., " 


1 Hesviin 


6 " 


1 Hesvan 


, 24 " 


29 


3 Nov., « 


30 


22 Nov., " 


1 Kislev, 


4 u- 


1 Kislev, 


23 " 


29 " 


2 Dec, " 


30 " 


22 Dec, " 


1 Tebet, 


3 « 


1 Tebet, 


23 " " 


29 " 


31 « 


29 " 


20 Jan., 1882 


1 Shebat, 


1 Jan., 1881. 


1 Shebat, 


21 » 


30 


30 " 


30 " 


19 Feb., " 


1 Adar. 


31 » 


1 Adar, 


20 « 


30 " 


1 March, » 


29 " 


20 March, " 


1 Ve-Adar. 2 " 


1 Nisan, 


21 " 


29 


30 " 


30 « 


19 April, " 


1 Nisan, 


31 " 


1 Jyar, 


20 " 


30 " 


29 April, " 


29 " 


18 May, " 


1 Jyar, 


30 " 


1 Sivan, 


19 » 


2 ( .t " 


28 May, " 


30 " 


17 June, ' k 


1 Sivan, 


29 " 


1 Tamooz 


,18 " 


30 " 


27 June, " 


29 


16 July, U 


1 Tamooz 


,28 « 


1 Ab, 


17 " 


29 


26 July, " 


30 « 


15 Aug., " 


1 Ab, 


27 " ' 


1 Pul, 


16 " 


30 " 


25 Aug., 


29 " 


13 Sept., " 


1 Elul, 


26 " 






29 " 


23 Sept.. " 







HEBRE W CALENDAR. 



A.-. M.\ 5643—383 


daj 


r s. 


A.-. M.-. 5 


644—354 da} 


s. 


1 Tishri, 


14 Sept., 


1882. 


1 Tishri, 


2 Oct., 1883. 


30 " 


13 Oct., 


44 


30 " 


31 " 




1 Hesvan 


14 " 


*> 


1 Hesvan 


, 1 Nov., ' 




29 " 


11 Xov., 


44 


29 


29 kt 




1 Kislev, 


12 " 


u 


1 Kislev, 


30 " 




29 


10 Dec, 


a 


30 « 


29 Dec, ' 




1 Tebet, 


11 " 


44 


1 Tebet, 


30 " 




29 " 


8 Jan., 


1883. 


29 " 


27 Jan., 1884 


1 Shebat, 


9 " 


" 


1 Shebat, 


28 " 


30 " 


T Feb., 


44 


30 " 


26 Feb., 4 




1 Adar, 


8 " 


a 


1 Adar, 


27 " 




30 " 


9 March, " 


29 


26 March, ' 




1 Ve-Adai 


-,10 " 


^ 


1 Kisan, 


27 " 




29 " 


7 April 


44 


30 " 


25 April, ' 




1 Xisan, 


8 " 


44 


1" Jvar, 


26 " 




30 " 


T May, 


44 


29 " " 


24 May, ' 




1 J.yar, 


8 " 




1 Sivan, 


25 " 




29 l " 


5 June, 






30 " 


23 June, ' 




1 Si van. 


6 u 


4 




1 Tamooz 


, 24 " 




30 " 


5 July, 






29 " 


22 July, ' 




1 Tamooz 


6 " 


4 




1 Ab, 


23 " 




29 


3 Aug., 


4 




30 " 


21 Aug., ' 




1 Ab, 


4 " 






1 Elul, 


22 **" ' 




30 " 


2 Sept., 


4 




29 


19 Sept., < 




1 Elul, 


3 " 


4 








29 « 


1 Oct., 


' 











HEBREW CALENDAR. 



A.-. M.\ 5645- 


1 Tishri, 


20 


30 " 


19 


1 Hesvan 


,20 


30 " 


18 


1 Kislev, 


19 


30 " 


18 


1 Tebet, 


19 


29 " 


16 


1 Shebat, 


17 


30 " 


15 


1 Adar, 


16 


29 " 


16 


1 Nisan, 


17 


30 " 


15 


1 Jyar, 


16 


29 " 


14 


1 Sivan, 


15 


30 " 


13 


1 Tamooz, 14 


29 " 


12 


1 Ab, 


13 


30 " 


11 


1 Elul, 


12 


29 " 


9 



—355 days. 

Sept., 1884. 
Oct., 

Nov., 

Dec, 

Jan., 1885, 

Feb., 

March, 

u 

April, 

May, 

June 

u 

July, 
Aug., 
Sept., 



A.-. M.-. 5646—385 days. 

Sept., 1885. 
Oct. 



1 Tishri, 10 

30 " 9 

1 Hesvan, 10 



30 

1 Kislev, 
30 " 

1 Tebet, 

29 " 

1 Shebat, 

30 " 

1 Adar, 
30 " 



1 Ve-Adar, 8 



29 

1 Nisan, 
30 " 

1 Jyar, 

29 " 

1 Sivan, 

30 " 

1 Tamooz, 
29 
1 Ab, 

29 " 

1 Elul, 

30 " 



Nov., 

Dec, 

Jan., 1886. 

Feb., 

March, 

April, 

May, 

June, 

July, 

Aug., 

u 
ii 

Sept., 



HEBRE W CALENDAR. 



A.-. M.-. i 


5647 — 354 days. 


A.-. M.\ 5648—353 days. 


1 Tisliri, 


30 Sept., 


1886. 


1 Tisliri, 


19 Sept., 1887 


30 " 


29 Oct., 


" 


30 " 


18 Oct., " 


1 Hesvan 


,30 " 


" 


1 Hesvan 


19 « « 


29 " 


27 Nov., 


" 


29 


16 Nov, " 


1 Kislev, 


28 " 


u 


1 Kislev, 


17 " 


30 " 


27 Dec, 


u 


29 " 


15 Dec, " 


1 Tebet, 


28 « 


" 


1 Tebet, 


16 " 


29 " 


25 Jan., 


1887. 


29 " 


13 Jan, 1888 


1 Shebat 


26 « 


44 


1 Shebat, 


14 " 


30 " 


24 Feb., 


44 


30 


12 Feb, " 


1 Aclar, 


25 " 


(4 


1 Adar, 


13 " 


29 " 


25 March 


44 


29 " 


12 March, " 


1 Nisan, 


26 » 




1 Nisan, 


13 " « 


30 « 


24 April, 


" 


30 4 ' 


11 April, " 


1 Jyar, 


25 " 


44 


1 Jyar, 


12 44 " 


29 " 


23 May, 


44 


29 " 


10 May, « 


1 Sivan, 


24 " 


44 


1 Sivan, 


11 " 


30 " 


22 June, 


44 


30 " 


9 June, 4 ' 


1 Tamoo2 


:,23 « 


41 


1 Tamooz 


,10 " 


29 " 


21 July, 


44 


29 


8 July, " 


1 Ab, 


99 " 


44 


1 Ab, 


9 44 " 


30 '" 


20 Aug., 


44 


30 « 


7 Aug., 44 


1 Elul, 


21 « 


44 


1 Elul, 


8 " 


29 " 


18 Sept., 


" 


29 " 


5 Sept, " 



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SAMPLE II. DOTEN, 
ANDREW HA WES, 
JAMES A. PEVEY, 
WILLIAM J. BURNHAM, 
GEORGE M. STANWOOD, 
SAMPLE S. MOONEY, 
GEORGE C. FRYE, 
JOHN IP HUDSON, Jn.. 
JOSEPH T. WOODWARD, 
AUSTIN 1). KNIGHT, 
JOHN M. CALDWELL, 



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Portland. 

Lewiston. 

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Lewiston. 

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Portland. 



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CHARTER 

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RULES AND REGULATIONS 

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GRAND LODGE OP PEBFEGTION.! 



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